Slarek is the founder and editor of Cine Outsider (formally DVD Outsider, of course), a site originally born from his involvement with a local film society that screens the very sort of films we try to champion here and his efforts to track down the titles on DVD. He writes under a pseudonym not to hide from the consequences of his words, but as a result of his determination to have as little presence on the Net as possible under his real name. He inherited his love of film from his late father and grandmother, a wonderful woman who saw Fritz Lang's M when it was first shown in London's Leicester Square. Thanks to the site, he now owns a frankly ridiculous number of DVDs and Blu-rays, so is never short of something to watch.